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Two AA cells produce huge audi

作者:dolphin时间:2012-08-02

Abstract: Class D audio amplifiers like the MAX9704 offer almost 90% efficiency, but they need 10V to operate. By incorporating a switched-mode boost converter (MAX1771), which generates 12V from inputs down to 2V and delivers output currents up to two amperes, this class D amplifier can operate from a pair of AA cells.Maxim provides evaluation boards (EV kits) for both the Class D amplifier (MAX9704) and the boost converter. You simply wire them together and connect two AA alkaline cells, an MP3 player for the audio source, and a pair (in this case) of Celestion Ditton 44 loudspeakers (Figure 1).Figure 1. Powered by a switching converter operating from two AA cells, this Class D amplifier (right-hand board) delivers 6W of speaker power for as long as four hours.The results are stunning. Power output is limited by the MAX1771EVKIT, but the total available power, estimated at 6 watts, is utilized with high efficiency by the class D amplifier. The volume from this simple circuit is amazing, and allows the estimated battery life of two AA cells (over 4 hours) to provide a full evening of loud entertainment.The technique can also provide uninterrupted audio in an automobile, allowing entertainment to continue at full volume while the engine is being cranked. That capability will be of increasing interest when a proposed law requires car engines to stop at traffic lights, and then re-start when the throttle is depressed. The voltage from a 12V battery dips as low as 6V when the car is cranked during cold conditions, and that drop in supply voltage can have a substantial effect on the audio amplifier. Rear-seat applications can also benefit from this circuit, because DVD players initiate a relatively long reset period when their power supply is interrupted. DVD-based navigation systems, too, need protection from supply dropouts.Again, the main limitation on power output is the MAX1771EVKIT, whose maximum output current at 6V is 0.5A. The kit can be modified to deliver as much as 2A, which boosts the power output (at 6V) to 24W. Two AA batteries can support this power output as before, but perhaps not for four hours!

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